Middle East

Syria

Syria: Mass funeral after deadliest onslaught in Sweida

The so called Islamic State militants claim responsibility for the coordinated assaults in and around a government-held city and at several villages, in the group's deadliest onslaught in the country for years

26/07/2018

Cinema

Game of Thrones actor highlight plight of Syrian refugees

Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham was reunited with a young syrian refugee he first befriended in Jordan in 2016

26/07/2018

United Arab Emirates

Disabled teen thrown off Emirates flight despite doctor's OK to fly

Euronews presenter Isabelle Kumar and her family were removed from an Emirates Airline flight because of her son’s epilepsy, even though doctors had cleared him to fly.

25/07/2018

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Watch: a four-storey building collapse after a landslide

A four-storey building collapsed in Istanbul on Tuesday after a landslide on a construction site weakened its foundation.

24/07/2018

Israel

Israel shoots down Syrian warplane

The incident took place over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

24/07/2018

Cult

Beiteddine Art Festival in Lebanon is a real treat

The annual summer event takes place in the large 200-year-old Beiteddine Palace in the Chouf Mountains in the southeast of Beirut. The Spanish flamenco dance group performed dance adaptations of Federico Garcia Lorca's "Blood Wedding"

24/07/2018

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Watch: stone falls from Western Wall in Jerusalem onto prayer area

No one was hurt in dramatic incident.

23/07/2018

Syria

Russia announces return of more than 100,00 Syrian refugees

In its latest report on the process of returning refugees to Syria, The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced the return of over 70,000 Syrian refugees to Eastern Ghouta from refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) camps.

23/07/2018

Turkey

Swimmers race from Asia to Europe across Turkey's Bosphorus Strait

Over two-thousand swimmers raced from Asia to Europe in Turkey's annual Bosphorus Intercontinental Swimming Race on Sunday.

22/07/2018

Syria

Israel evacuates hundreds of Syria’s White Helmets to Jordan

Israel has evacuated hundreds of members of the White Helmets civil defence group and their families from a war zone in southern Syria “due to an immediate threat to their lives”.

22/07/2018

Syria

Syrian rebels leave quneitra

Syrian rebels began evacuating the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday

21/07/2018

Israel

Hamas and Israel agree on ceasefire after strikes

Hamas and Israel agree on ceasefire after strikes

20/07/2018

Gaza

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at Gaza border

Earlier on Friday, Hamas had defied Israeli calls to stop launching incendiary balloons, as Israel's defence minister threatened to order a military offensive to stop them/

20/07/2018

World

Backstage at one of the world’s largest indoor theme parks

Batman and Superman are about to move into their first official home in the Middle East.

20/07/2018

Israel

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban wraps up Israel visit

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ended his two-day trip to Israel with a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem

20/07/2018

Egypt

Egypt tomb mystery finally solved

Exactly what was found in the 2,000-year-old sarcophagus?

20/07/2018

Israel

Hungarian PM Orban on Israeli visit

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19/07/2018

World

'Freej' cartoon animates the Middle East with feisty Emirati characters

'Freej' cartoon animates the Middle East with feisty Emirati characters

19/07/2018

Turkey

Turkey ends State of Emergency

The nationwide State of Emergency was imposed two years ago after a failed coup attempt

19/07/2018

Israel

Israel passes controversial law affecting around 1.8 million Arabs

A vote of 62-55 was passed after months of political argument, to declare only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country. This is something members of the Arab minority calls racist and verging on apartheid

19/07/2018

Cyprus

Nineteen people have died after a boat carrying 150 migrants sank near Cyprus

Northern Cypriot and Turkish coast guards together with helicopters rescued 103 migrants with the help from commercial vessels in the area

18/07/2018

Egypt

What's in Egypt's 2,000-year-old black box – and should it be opened?

The discovery of a sealed ancient sarcophagus in Alexandria has prompted a frenzy of interest in what it might contain – and whether opening it to find out would be wise...

18/07/2018

Jordan

World's oldest bread found at prehistoric dig-site in Jordan

Scientists have discovered the earliest known evidence of bread-making on prehistoric site dating 14,000 years.

17/07/2018

Turkey

Erdogan’s new power 'could increase Turkish business migration'

Erdogan’s new grip on power 'could increase Turkish business migration'

17/07/2018

Turkey

Turkey stops registereing alsylum seekers from Syria- rights group

Turkey stops registering asylum seekers from Syria, says Human Rights Watch.

16/07/2018

Gaza

Gaza ceasefire largely holding, UN says

Gaza ceasefire largely holding, UN says

16/07/2018